Are you interested in hiring Judy Smith to speak at your event, conference, trade show, meeting, or convention?
As a keynote speaker, she knows how to command a stage where she can deliver a powerful presentation that will captivate your audience.
On this page you can contact Judy Smith’s speaker booking agency to learn more about her speaking fees and availability.
A booking agent will respond to you within two business hours to let you know if they are available and how much they cost.
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Judy Smith is a highly-sought motivational speaker and expert covering such topics as crisis management, leadership, diversity and inclusion, and public relations. She is a best-selling author, consultant, media pundit, and thought-leader who has spoken at many conferences around the world where she gives leaders the skills they need to deal with fast, big changes in society, the workplace, and schools.
Judy Smith is hired to speak at events and conferences where she can give expertise on important global business affairs. She has been helping presidents and foreign leaders through crises for more than 25 years. She also helps Fortune 50 CEOs deal with tough situations and manages the reputations of some of the most famous people. She started Smith & Company in 1993. It is one of the best crisis consulting companies in the world, with offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York, & London.
Ms. Smith has helped clients with a wide range of domestic & global problems by using her great communication skills, media knowledge, and understanding of the law and politics. She worked on some of the most important and interesting cases of our time, like the Iran Contra investigation, the trial of former Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry, the 1991 Gulf War, the Los Angeles riots, the Monica Lewinsky scandal involving President Clinton, the congressional investigation of Enron, the General Petraeus CIA scandal, the Sony Corporation hacking crisis, as well as the United Nations Foundation and World Bank. She is also a trusted consultant at the center of the COVID-19 outbreak.
During her career, Angelina Jolie, Monica Lewinsky, Senator Craig from Idaho, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., actor Wesley Snipes, as well as the family of Chandra Levy have all had Ms. Smith on speed dial. She is probably best known in the media world for her skills as a crisis management consultant. This service includes everything from fixing bad reputations to stopping bad news from spreading.
Ms. Smith has a lot of experience working with some of the largest and most powerful companies in the world, such as Amazon, Facebook, Panera, Lowes, Sony, Kaiser, United Healthcare, and Walmart. She has also worked as a communications advisor for high-profile events. She gives strategic advice to her clients on a wide range of corporate communications issues, such as mergers and acquisitions, product recalls, intellectual property litigation, corporate positioning, diversity, and other corporate, investor, and public relations issues.
Ms. Smith was a federal prosecutor who worked for the Office of the Independent Counsel and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. She was in charge of high-profile investigations for both of those places. Ms. Smith worked on her communication skills and how to handle a crisis in the hallways of the West Wing.
As President George H.W. Bush’s Deputy Press Secretary, she worked on a wide range of domestic and international issues. Ms. Smith has a law degree from the American University Washington College of Law and a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Boston University. She was the first African-American woman to serve on the Executive Board of the Law Review.
Ms. Smith often writes and speaks about how to handle a crisis for newspapers and TV shows. The Washington Post, National Journal, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, and Fast Company have all written about her. Ms. Smith is a trained expert and pundit on how to deal with crises. She is often a part of the shows on major TV networks like CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, NBC, ABC, and CBS.
Ms. Smith also gives talks at conferences, corporate boards, schools, as well as other professional groups throughout the year. She wrote the 2012 book Good Self, Bad Self, published by a Simon & Schuster subsidiary and praised by The New York Journal of Books for its “extensive expertise.”
Due to her long and successful career, Ms. Smith was the model for the popular TV show Scandal, about the lives and jobs of people who are paid to fix things.
As a co-executive producer, Ms. Smith brought her knowledge and experience with crisis management to the project. Ms. Smith is on the board of the Washington National Cathedral, and she has given good advice to company boards in the past. Ms. Smith does a lot of volunteer work in her community and has won many awards for her leadership and communication skills.
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Judy Smith’s speaking fees can vary depending on the type of event you are producing and where it is located.
Her speaking fee can also vary depending on whether you need them to deliver a live or virtual presentation.
Please note we do not work with organizations looking for speakers to speak for free, do podcasts or interviews, or do non-paid charity work.
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To inquire about her speaking fees and costs, contact Keynote Speakers Agency today to book Judy Smith for a live or virtual event, meeting, special appearance, conference, or trade-show.
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